Sash-fastener



(No Model.)

M. BOURKE.

SASHY PASTBNBR.

Patented Spt. 16, 1884.

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lINTTnn STATES FATnNT Ottica.,

MARTIN BOURKE, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

SASH-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,138, datedSeptember 16, 1884:. l Application tiled December 28, |883. (No model.)

To all whom t muy concern.-

Be 1t known that I, MARTIN BOURKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash Holders andLocks; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear", andexact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of a portion of a windowsash and frame, showing the application of my invention; Fig. 2, aperspective view of the flanged or socket plate and two bolt-sectionsconnected together; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the two bolt-sections,showing them separated; Fig. 4, a perspective view of the interior ofthe housing for containing the bolt, and Fig. 5 a plan view of theexterior thereof.

The present invention has relation to that class of sash-holdersconsisting of a diagonallyslotted housing containing two bolt-sectionsVoperated by a hand-lever cast on the inner one of the sections andextending through t-he diagonal slot in the housing.

In the above-described form of sash-holders the lever was flattened atits outer end for convenience of operating it, and was ynecessarily ofgreater width than the width of the diagonal slot. It was thereforenecessary in order to introduce the bolt-section in the bottomlesshousing to first turn it at right angles thereto and pass the flattenedend of the lever edgewise through the slot, and afterward turn it aquarter-circle to bring the lever and bolt section in operativeposition.

In my former patent, No. 291,672, dated January 8, 1884, to avoid theobjectionable feature of having to turn the lever after passing itthrough the diagonal slot, the lever was made of such shape'as to passthrough the slot, no matter in what position the bolt-section wasplaced. Although this construction of lever obviated-the necessity ofturning it, as above described, it is preferable to iatten the lever atits outer end or have it sufficiently wide so that it can be moreconveniently operated by the iingers.

The object of the invention therefore is to so construct the bottomlesshousing as to admit of a lever having a flattened or enlarged end beingpassed through the slot in its normal position without the necessity ofturning it to bring it .in operative position; also, improving theseveral details of construction, substantially as shown in the drawings,and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A B represent, respectively, the windowsash and frame, only a portion thereof being shown sufficient toillustrate the application of my invention.

The sash-holder consists of a bottomless diagonally slotted housing, C,and a bolt formed in two sections, D E, the former having cast therewitha hand-lever, F, and the bolt-sections detachably connected together bya slot and pin, e and f. The housing Gis proy `vided with iianges b, forattaching it to the window-sash by screws, and has the diagonal slot c,through which the lever passes, and an inclined bearing, c, againstwhich bears a simi-- lar incline, g, on the outer end of thebolt-section D.

The construction above described is substantially the same as that shownin my former patent hereinbefore referred to, and further reference tothem is considered unnecessary.

The housing O is cast with shoulders h upon its interior sides and onaline diagonally opposite each other,so as to prevent the bolt fromhaving too much play in a lateral direction. A spur, fi, is also ca'ston the housing C at its end, and by pressing the housing against the'window-sash suiiliciently to embed the spur in the wood-work thereof thehousing will be held in position until fastened by the screws. The plateG on the end of the bolt-section E enters a socket-plate, I-I, connectedto the window-frame by countersinking, so as to have the flanged edge ofthe socket-plate flush with the surface of the frame, whereby the deviceis rendered serviceable as a sash-lock as well as a sash-holder. y

The lever F, as will be seen, is flattened or enlarged at its outer end;and to enable it to pass through the slot c with the bolt-section in itsnormal or working position, I provide a longitudinal slot, d, joiningthe diagonal slot IOO and at right angles thereto, as shown in Fig. 5.This addition oi" the slot d in relation to the slot ci, as shown,)resents a sufficiently Wide opening to allow the larger portion of thelever to he passed u-p through the housing without having to in sert itin any particular way and afterward turn it to bring the bolt-section inoperative position, as heretofore.

Having new fully described Iny invention, what I elaini'as new7 anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a sash-holder7 a horizontal holt formed in sections detaehahlyConnected together by a slot and pin and provided with a hand-lever7 incombination with a bottomlessV diagonallyslotted housing having alongitudinal slot joining the diagonal slot and at right angles

